Helping Iara bait and fish the Ball Octopus is an essential step in Genshin Impact if players wish to obtain a Strange Part. These parts will be used to fix Seymour as well as allow players to buy items from Xana in the Merusea Village.
The Fishing Game hidden quest itself is not difficult by any means since it’s mostly a conversation in Genshin Impact. Iara will speak about her master who taught her the art of fishing while Paimon and Traveler work together to throw a bait in the water that spawns a Ball Octopus.
Fishing Game Quest In Genshin Impact
After reaching the southwestern side of Merusea Village, players can notice a Melusine called Iara fishing by the river. She’s one of the many characters players can speak to obtain Strange Part, which is required to progress in Mamere’s quest in Genshin Impact.
Paimon will question Iara’s fishing techniques since she’s fishing where there’s barely any water. Paimon explains that it’s weird for a Melusine to be using a fishing rod and Iara defends herself by stating that she learned how to fish from Delaroche who also gave her the fishing rod. However, Iara immediately admits after her statement that a long time has passed without her being able to catch anything.
Paimon offers to help Iara and prove her skills in fishing while Traveler wonders if there are even any fish in this area. Iara then gets confused and mentions that Delaroche told her not all areas have fish. She also mentions the “thing” she fished while in this area. Paimon prepares the bait in Genshin Impact while Iara showers her with compliments.
Now that the conversation is over, players can move a bit forward to spread the bait along the river. After doing so, a non-hostile Ball Octopus will appear that doesn’t respond to any action. To progress in this small hidden quest, players have to attack the Ball Octopus and defeat it. After defeating the Ball Octopus, Iara will place the weakened creature into her waiting bucket.
Paimon wonders how a Ball Octopus ends up in such an area as it’s unlikely to be found here. To Paimon’s surprise, Iara cures her curiosity by telling her that she caught it herself since she wanted to be sure of her skills at using a fishing rod. Eventually, Paimon finds out that all this time Iara was using the wrong types of bait, which is why she was failing all this long.
Finally, after the conversation between Paimon, Traveler, and Iara is over, the Fishing Game quest in Genshin Impact will end and players will get 20 Primogems alongside one Strange Part.
Genshin Impact is now available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is in development.